A Declaration of Sustainability
According to Paul Hawkins A Declaration of Sustainability, What are the most dominant institutions on the planet?
Corporations.
According to Barry Lopez, what do Americans lack knowledge of when it comes to their own country?
Geography.
How many jobs does Al-Shabeer provide?
300.
How do corporations ruin the environment?
They pollute rivers with toxins, they pollute with CO2 emissions, and they cut down trees without replacing them.
What is a pesticide?
A hormone.
A person with what kind of power can manipulate the landscape to conform to certain social ideals or nostalgic visions?
Political Power.
Give three disadvantages of the White Revolution
Pollution
Increase cost of fuels
Disease to both humans and cows
Poor milk products
Lower grade of meats
Lower quantities of cows
Why do corporations continue to get away with their environmental crimes?
They pay fines to the government, but the fines that they are forced to pay are small and affordable to the corporations.
According to Hawkins, what is is one part of an overall solution that corporations must follow for a sustainable future?
They need to be socially responsible.
Who is responsible for conserving local geographies?
National communities.
How are cows treated in India compared to other nations?
Cows in India are treated as sacred creatures, instead of agents of food production in other nations.
How did Monsanto stop Fox News from airing a program called Get Our Milk Off Drugs?
They threatened a lawsuit and cut corporate sponsorships pressuring Fox to fire the employees who ran the show.
What is the cause for the greatest amount of human suffering and mortality?
Environmental problems.
According to Barry Lopez, what is the best way to understand geography?
Ask a local to show you around, and have them tell you how things were traditionally done.
How many cows does the Al-Kabeer slaughter house kill per year?
184,200.
How does rBGH affect consumers?
rGBH gives cows mastitis, or infected udders. Therefore the cows were given antibiotics to combat mastitis which passed onto consumers. By the abundance of antibiotics the bacteria evolved which made it come resistant to the antibiotics.